Souls.

This one is for all of you who do not believe in a God or a higher being of any kind...and Im asking because I am actually curious. Where do you believe your soul came from then? And what do you believe happens to your soul once you die ?

Good point op, they say they don't see any proof he exists but then thry never open their minds to give him a chance to prove himself.

^^^ I was a Christian for a very long time. I really felt a connection with god and based many of my life decisions on what I thought he was telling me (where to live, what job to take, etc.) I know where you are coming from. 8 years ago, I would have been on the other side of this debate. That I am an atheist now doesn't make what I felt then any less valid. My mind was very open. I didn't just become an atheist overnight. I spent a lot of time (2 years actually) praying, hoping, fighting and wanting for god to answer me. Becoming an atheist wasn't a choice. It was a matter of lying to myself (believing in god) or believing what my heart and mind told me to be true.

Most atheists (that I know, anyway) were believers at one point and didn't give up their faith on a whim. To simplify it as such is insulting.

Well giving up period on a whim or not is the same thing. It takes time for him to answer you, sometimes it doesn't. The point is to never give up even when all is lost. THAT'S when he starts answering you. If you don't have enough faith to keep believing and actually getting to the point where you don't believe anymore, then what would be the point of answering your prayers?

What about the core of our earth? We can't see it or feel it, but then we all take it as fact.

Let's see--

We've got the general density of the earth down (mass divided by volume).

We've got measurements of seismic waves from thousands of seismographs all over the world, tracking the waves from millions of earthquakes over decades, all showing the same change in the speed the waves from earthquakes move at as they pass through different layers of the inside of the planet.

We can then use the total density of the earth and the pseed of the waves to figure out the density of each layer of the earth, and use the waves to locate the boundaries of each layer.

We then compare the density of known materials (rock and metal) to what we find from such measurements above.

We also use chemistry to analyze rock samples from different depths of the earth, dredged up from volcanoes.

We can also measure the relationship of the earht's magnetic field strength to the rotation of the planet, from studying satellite orbits and the way they change over time.

We can further use other satellites to map the earth's gravity field and the lumps in our not-perfectly-round planet.

Then we put it all together, and we have solid (pun intended) evidence not only pointing to a core under our feet, but also that it's made of iron and nickel, plus other heavy stuff.

Well giving up period on a whim or not is the same thing. It takes time for him to answer you, sometimes it doesn't. The point is to never give up even when all is lost. THAT'S when he starts answering you. If you don't have enough faith to keep believing and actually getting to the point where you don't believe anymore, then what would be the point of answering your prayers?

What is the point at all? Sorry, I'm not a fucking test subject and I refuse to believe in a god who seems to think so. Nope.

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"And thus it was told: children must wear earmuffs when outside the home, lest the devil intercede" Poops 420:69T-GUM

Well giving up period on a whim or not is the same thing. It takes time for him to answer you, sometimes it doesn't. The point is to never give up even when all is lost. THAT'S when he starts answering you. If you don't have enough faith to keep believing and actually getting to the point where you don't believe anymore, then what would be the point of answering your prayers?

And now we're going back to the beginning. You do realize there's lots of gods, right? And lots of religions? And they all claim the same thing you do? I used to believe and pray to god, and now sometimes, just for fun, we'll pray to the FSM. And guess what? I actually have more stuff come true than I did then! Do I think it's because the FSM exists? No, I think it's because I worked harder for those things to happen in my 30's than I did in my 20's.

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"If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for a reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." ~ Albert Einstein